Author Archives: Emily Klesick

Welcome to 2018, everyone! As we step into the new year and put away the things of Christmas, it is easy to feel a sort of let-down after all that activity, excitement, and wonder. We spend a season o...

This last week, I had one of those "clarity" moments. I had an encounter with a young man, and for some reason, he reminded me so much of my oldest son. It was like hitting a fast-forward button, and ...

Well friends, we've almost reached the end of the Christmas season! For some of you, that feels like a welcome relief. For others, I just instigated a moment of sheer panic. While we know that the Chr...

I was reading a meme a while back about how husbands disappear into the bathroom for an hour, and how we as moms wish we could do that. And then I laughed and laughed, because sometimes, I do. Okay, I...

We live in a whole new world now, ladies. This world, ruled by social media and "click-to-connect" relationships has superseded all of the organic connections we once had. And in that, we've fallen in...

"Mommy, those are not nice words!" I stop dead in my tracks, processing what he said and feeling conviction spread over me. Sigh. He's right. Once again, I'm red in the face because I said something u...

Welcome to the holiday season, friends. It's not even Thanksgiving yet and we are already in the throes of all things Christmas. Costco has had their decorations out since the week that school started...

Oh, thank-you cards. You know, there are a lot of things I consider myself good at: writing, encouraging, tickling the heck out of my kids... but writing thank-you cards is just not one of them. And o...

This past week, my yearly MOPS package arrived in the mail. I love this thing. Every year, MOPS International sends out a package to each of their registered moms full of fun goodies like postcards, s...

So... here's the deal. If you've read any of my other blogs that I have written, you know that I have this tendency to get in over my head trying to make things "special". I end up expending stupid am...